ANODE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("anode" is a kind of...):

electrode (a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anode"):

plate (the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube)

Holonyms ("anode" is a part of...):

electrolytic cell (a cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen))

electron tube; thermionic tube; thermionic vacuum tube; thermionic valve; tube; vacuum tube (electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope)

Antonym:

cathode (a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device)

Derivation:

anodal (of or at or relating to an anode)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("anode" is a kind of...):

pole; terminal (a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves)

Holonyms ("anode" is a part of...):

accumulator; storage battery (a voltaic battery that stores electric charge)

galvanic cell; primary cell; voltaic cell (an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged)